Pictures of the day: 14 August 2013

A Dwarf Minke Whale is photographed in Australia's Great Barrier Reef off the state of Queensland. Dwarf minke whales have been tagged and tracked in Australia's Great Barrier Reef in a world-first study which hopes to solve the mystery of where they spend the summer. Scientists at James Cook University in Queensland state are taking part in the project, which also involves researchers from Alaska, which tagged four of the whales last month and are now tracking their southerly progress down the east coast of AustraliaPicture: MINKE WHALE PROJECT / MATT CURNOCKAFP/GETTY IMAGES